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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Skin Cancer Prevention-FEMALES

Has the youngest child in your household had a sunburn within the past 12 months?,
By sunburn, I mean reddening of the skin that lasted at least 12 hours.

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,566 437 16.4 14.7-18.2 2,129 83.6 81.8-85.3
RACE
White 1,699 382 22.6 20.2-25.1 1,317 77.4 74.9-79.8
African American 569 33 5.0 3.4- 7.4 536 95.0 92.6-96.6
Asian 18 1 5.2 0.7-29.7 17 94.8 70.3-99.3
Native American 65 12 16.2 8.3-29.1 53 83.8 70.9-91.7
Other Minorities 203 9 2.7 1.3- 5.6 194 97.3 94.4-98.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 212 14 5.4 2.8-10.3 198 94.6 89.7-97.2
-English Speaking 75 11 14.4 6.8-28.1 64 85.6 71.9-93.2
-Spanish Speaking 137 3 1.8 0.5- 5.9 134 98.2 94.1-99.5
Non-Hispanic 2,353 423 17.6 15.8-19.5 1,930 82.4 80.5-84.2
AGE
18-24 213 17 8.8 5.2-14.5 196 91.2 85.5-94.8
25-34 1,015 117 11.1 9.1-13.5 898 88.9 86.5-90.9
35-44 931 226 22.7 19.7-26.1 705 77.3 73.9-80.3
45-54 292 60 20.0 15.1-26.0 232 80.0 74.0-84.9
55-64 71 10 16.6 6.5-36.4 61 83.4 63.6-93.5
65-74 29 3 12.9 2.9-42.8 26 87.1 57.2-97.1
75+ 4 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 324 36 11.5 7.5-17.2 288 88.5 82.8-92.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 713 122 15.3 12.5-18.6 591 84.7 81.4-87.5
Some Post-H.S. 723 130 17.7 14.6-21.4 593 82.3 78.6-85.4
College Graduate 804 148 18.2 15.2-21.6 656 81.8 78.4-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 238 24 9.1 5.2-15.5 214 90.9 84.5-94.8
$15,000- 24,999 475 68 12.9 9.7-17.0 407 87.1 83.0-90.3
$25,000- 34,999 310 65 21.8 16.4-28.5 245 78.2 71.5-83.6
$35,000- 49,999 364 69 19.1 14.8-24.3 295 80.9 75.7-85.2
$50,000-74,999 328 55 17.1 12.8-22.5 273 82.9 77.5-87.2
$75,000+ 420 81 18.6 14.7-23.4 339 81.4 76.6-85.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 523 111 21.2 17.0-26.1 412 78.8 73.9-83.0
No 2,027 326 15.3 13.6-17.2 1,701 84.7 82.8-86.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 70 12 13.2 6.7-24.3 58 86.8 75.7-93.3
Non-Veteran 2,477 418 16.3 14.6-18.1 2,059 83.7 81.9-85.4
Currently Serving 19 7 44.4 21.7-69.7 12 55.6 30.3-78.3

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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